Linux split Command

What is Linux split Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use split command in Linux. split command is split - split a file into pieces.

split Syntax#

split [OPTION]... [FILE [PREFIX]]

split Examples#

split Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of split command. split command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for split command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man split

To open info page for split command we can use command below.

info split

To open help page from split command we can run command below.

split --help

Linux split Command Source Code#

You can find split command source code from the folowing repositories:

• split source code on GitHub
• split source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• split source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use split in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.